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Definition of: quietism

(kwīə·tiz′əm) noun
1. The doctrine that spiritual exaltation is attained by self–abnegation and passive religious contemplation; especially, mystic meditation or introspection, as cultivated by certain devotees in the 17th century.
2. A state of quiet; quietude.

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